Creel



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1..

0. H. HANSON & F. NOURSE.

GREEL.

No; 367,908. Patented Aug.i9,.1887.

K K K WITNESSES. INVENTORS N. PETERS Pmmumm her, Wahingion. llC- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. HANSON AND FRANKLIN NOURSE, OF SACO, MAINE.

CREEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.367,908, dated August 9 1887.

A mplication filed August 19, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, (humans H. Hanson and FRANKLIN N CURSE, citizens of the United States, and residents of Saco, in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Creels for Warping and other Purposes; and we hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a standard, A, of our imp'roved creel. This standard carries a spindle-stand, O, supporting the spindle B. The spindle is held in position in the stand by a binding-screw, E, and carries on its outer end a spring-catch, D. The standard is provided with guide-eyes F, all as and for the purposes hereinafter set forth. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View of the same, showing the standards as constructed of angle-iron or metallicplates having their edges joined at right angles. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, showing a solid square standard, a form desirable when the standard is constructedof wood. Fig. 4 is a horizontal, partly sectional, view of standards and spools in position, showing the general arrangement of our improved creel. II I are spools; K K. K, threads. Fig. 5 is asectional plan of our improved creel on line a: y of Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of ourimproved creel. I

Similarletters indicate similar parts in all the figures.

The object of our invention is to furnish a creel for warping and other purposes which shall occupy less space, be more readily operated, and more correctly deliver the yarns than is possible by creels as ordinarily constructed.

The ordinary creel is constructed with two standards for the support of the spools, tips on the ends of the spools bearing in slots in the standards; or, if the spools are not tipped, skewers are provided to carry the spools, the ends thereof resting on thestandards. These tips are short hollow tubesinserted in and projecting from the ends of the spool, (not extending through the spool.) They are de the spools are in place.

Serial No.211,271. (No model.)

signed to serve as journals for the spool, and, being hollow, allow of the introduction of a skewer or spindle when required.

The standards are placed in two rows, forming the sides of an angle the vertex of which is in front of the warper opposite its center. The space between each pair of standards and its duplicate must be greater than the diameter of the spool to allow of its removal from the creel in a direction at right angles to its axis. Two standards being used in this method to support a spool or skewer, and the space between the standards being fixed, the length of the spools must necessarily be limited.

The yarns are delivered from the spools to the warper on the outside of the standards, thus necessitating the placing of the rows of standards at an angle great enough to permit the threads to run freely from the spools.

Our improved creel is constructed and operated as follows: A single standard, A, is provided with spindlestands C. These stands are placed at distances apart equal to the diameter of the spools, and the standards are secured at a like distance apart and placed in rows forming an acute angle. These spindle-stands are constructed with holes to receive the spindles B, these spindles being secured at any desired position, depending upon the length of the spool, by binding-screws E. The spindles are each slotted at one end to carry a spring-catch, D, the object and design of this spring-catch being to retain the spools on the spindles while in motion, and also to allow of the ready removal of a spent spool. Through the standards A guide-eyes F are constructed, and i necessary properly bushed. The standards being arranged as above specified and secured to a suitable base, the spindles are'placed in the spindle-stands and secured at the desired point by the bindingscrews E, this point to be determined by the length of the spool, space being allowed for it to run between the spring D and the shoulder of the spindlestand. The filled spools are forced upon the spindles, depressing the springs D, which resume their normal ,position when A reversed movement of the spools is required to remove them. The

yarn ends are then passed through the guide eyes F and thence forward to the warper.

The sectional form of the standard, as well as its material, may be varied as experience may suggest, the form of the spindle-stand being similarly varied, and ahollow spindle may be used in place of a solid one.

The construction and arrangement of our improved single-standard creel possesses the following merits: The standards, and, conse quently,tl1c spools, can be placed in closer p roximity, thus materially lessening the amount of floor space required for a given number of spools. The filling and doffing of the creel is more readily accomplished, making a sensible saving in time and labor, there being no inside standard to interfere with the operation. The spindles being rigidly held, the trouble arising from the use of a loose skewer is avoided. The threads, being carried through the guideeyes F, secures them in a convenient position when required to be tied, secures the free dclivery of the threads, and secures a great saving of time, and permits the two sides of the creel to be placed at a more acute angle thanif the threads were carried outside of the standards.

Thelength of the spindle can be varied to accommodate different lengths of spools. In

creels having double standards the length of the spoolis necessarily limited to the space between the fixed standards.

XVhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A creel for warping or other purposes, consisting of upright single standards arranged as shown and described, spindlestain.ls,screws for fastening said stands to said standards, horizontal spindles fitted to said stands, and means for adjustably securing them therein, said stands and spindles being secured in vertical rows on said standards, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The spindle l3, having aspring-catch, D, as and for the purposes specified, in combination with spindle-stand 0, having bindingscrcw 1G, constructed and combined as and for use as herein set forth.

3. The combination of the upright fixed standard A, spindle-stand O, binding-screw E, and horizontal fixed spindle I constructed and combined as herein specified, and for the purposes set forth.

CHAS. II. HANSON. 1* HANK L] N NO'URSE.

lVitnesses:

F. 13. \VTGGTN, Lucius L. MIILLIKEN. 

